10 Life Lessons From Star Trek
- 1. 10 Life Lessons from Star Trek
- 2. In the world of Star Trek, a red shirt is like a death sentence. Dress for success to avoid being zapped, eaten, or otherwise maimed by life.
- 3. The borg are the ultimate conformists, wiring themselves together to form a hive mind. Think for yourself to avoid being assimilated.
- 4. Tribbles were little furry balls of pure cuteness, but they became a serious problem. The same goes for any animal… cute idea, but it takes real work.
- 5. Who’s better: Kirk or Picard? The correct answer is, of course, “who the hell cares? Let’s discuss something that matters.”
- 6. Whether on Starship Enterprise or Starship Earth, everyone needs to get along, be you black, white, French, Klingon, android, or bearded.
- 7. So if Spock and Data were the smartest ones in their crews, why weren’t they in charge? Because the smartest person around is never running the show.
- 8. Despite their technology, the crew of the original Enterprise were always caught by surprise on every new planet. Don’t be caught by surprise: figure out what you’ll need on nature trips before you leave.
- 9. The holodeck was used for training exercises, but occasionally an evil Genghis Khan simulation will escape, or else you find yourself with a robot dressed like Sherlock Holmes. If you rely on technology too much, this could happen to you!
- 10. Q, the godlike being who enjoyed pranking the Enterprise, was nothing more than a cosmic bully. Picard always played his game and emerged victorious.
- 11. Observing from a distance is called the Prime Directive, but the Enterprise crew violated it every time. Consequently, there were the occasional white-furred, horned ape maulings. Stay out of other people’s business to minimize such maulings.